New Girl Coming to Town
Don't bother tidying up the guest room -
unless you have a bed 300 feet long!
Things are buzzing in Port Burwell, Ontario, a tiny
village on the north shore of Lake Erie. A new girl has arrived in
town. She's a looker - a fine upstanding five storeys at her fin
and a svelte twenty six feet at her beam. Her name is
Ojibwa. Don't bother tidying up the guest room - unless
you have a bed 300 feet long. Click
here to download the Project Ojibwa flyer.
Ojibwa was mounted on her foundation in November 2012.
Over the winter, a ventilation system will be installed and
restoration work under the guidance of a team of experienced
submariners will be carried out. The submarine will open for a
shake down season in the late spring of 2013. Over the following
fall and winter, it is intended that the newMuseum of Naval History
will be constructed along side running up the hill to Robinson
Street. From the west, Ojibwa will appear to be
moored at a jetty.
To take a brief tour of Ojibwa and see her under way, check on
Video Links on
the PO Links page.
Vital Statistics
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Namesake:
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Ojibwa
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Builder:
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Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent UK
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Keel Laid down:
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27 September 1962
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Ordered by Royal Navy:
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Intended to be HMS Onyx
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Launched:
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29 February 1964
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Commissioned into Canadian Navy:
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23 September 1965
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Decommissioned:
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May 1998
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Badge:
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Blazon Azure, an escallop shell erect argent irradiated by nine
ears of wild rice or, all issuing from two barrulets wavy of the
last, in base.
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Class and type:
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Oberon-class submarine
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Displacement:
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Surfaced: 1,610 t (2,000 long tons)
Submerged: 2,410 t (2,370 long tons)
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Length:
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295.25 ft (89.99 m)
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Beam:
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26.5 ft (8.1 m)
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Draught:
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18 ft (5.5 m)
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Speed:
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Surfaced: 12 kn (22 km/h)
Submerged: 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)
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Complement:
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6 Officers and 62 crew
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Sensors and
processing systems:
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Type 187 Active-Passive sonar
Type 2007 passive sonar
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Armament:
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8 × 21 in (530 mm) tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 18 MK 48
torpedoes
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